Buckle



(No Model.)

' TpA. LEE.

BUCKLE.

.11, a 1 t mm WITNESSES:

Patented Map 27, ,1888.- j

WW W"- I v ATTORNEYS] U ITE STATES PATENT OEFIcE.

ToBIAs A. LEE, OF SIDNEY, OHIO.

- BUCKLE."

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,209, dated March27, 1888.

A Application filed July 30, 1887. Serial No.2-15,754. (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, TOBIAS A. LEE, of Sidney, in the countyof Shelby andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in buckles,

seeking to provide a simple conveniently-oporated construction by whichto avoid the use of a pin-tongue and the inconvenience experienced ininserting the same throughperforations in the straps to be secured; andthe invention consists in certain features of construction and novelcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the buckle, the partsbeing in closed position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thebuckle, a strap being secured therein, and the buckle being shown openin dotted and closed in full lines. buckle. Fig. 4 is a detail view ofthe tongue and its support. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the buckle-loop,and Fig. 6 shows a somewhat different construction from that shown inthe other figures.

' The tonguesupport Ais adapted at one end,

a, for connection with the strap B, to'which the buckle is to be securedin use, and at its opposite end it is provided with a slot or opening,a, for the passage of the strap 0 to be buckled. A keeper, b, may beprovided on strap B for the free end of strap 0.

The tongueD is formed out of the support A, being extended rearwardlyfrom the rear cross-wall or division-bar, at, of slot a, and having itsrear free end upturned; and, if desired, it may be serrated, as shown,or otherwise formed to better engage the strap B. N ear its juncturewith the support A the tongue D is arched up slightly at d, forming anupper bearing for the shaft E of buckle-loop F, and

a the sides of the support Ain line with the bear- Fig. 3 is a bottomplan view of the of the buckle-- .therefrom to'secure or release thestrap' B, which in practice is passed through the opening f near themovable edge of said. loop and 1s pressed by the loop down against thetongue. By preference the tongue projects slightly up through the loop,as shown in Fig. 2, to whlch end I have formed the opening f with anextension or wing, f, which fits over the tongue, as shown in Fig. 1.

In use the strap Bis passed up through opening a, then through openingf, the loop F being turned to the position indicated in dotted lines,Fig. 2, and then by turning the loop to the fu1l-line position, Fig. 2,the strap B will be secured against withdrawal, but maybe tightened upas desired, the tongue operating practically as a stop-pawl, permittingthe drawing of the strap forward,while preventing any backward movementthereof.

In order to secure the loop F in its open and closed positions, it ispreferred to actuate it by a spring, H, which in the construction shownengages a crank-like portion, 6, of the shaft E.' It is furtherpreferred to form this spring H out of the buckle-tongue, and this iseffected by cutting the spring out of suchtongue, the said spring beingunited with the tongue near the point of the latter and having its freeend bearing down against the crank of shaft E. By the aid of this springthe loop will be forced down over the tongue when closed and will beheld open when opened.

The buckle is very simple and its operation will be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description. i

In Fig. 6 the buckle body or support is formed with twospring-supports,H, cut from slots in plate on either side of and in line with thetongue. It is manifest that the crank or lever-shaft may be formed froma different a ICC 1. The improved buckle herein described, comprising asupport provided with the tongue and the pivoted loop having an openingfitted and arranged to receive the point of said tongue and movable downthereover, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

a crank and journaled to the support, and the spring formed'out of thetongue and engaging the crank of the shaft,substantially as set forth.

5. The tongue and its support, combined with the pivoted loop having anopening, f, formed with a wing or extension, f, substantial] y as setforth.

6. The improved buckle herein described, consisting of the supporthaving a tongue, the spring formed from such tongue, and the loop havinga shaft journaled to the support and provided with a crank, said loophaving an 30 opening, f. and formed with a wing or extension, f,substantially as set forth.

TOBIAS A. LEE.

Witnesses:

W. B. FORSYTH, A. J. Hess.

